Finally buying some CHARMS

Every time (actually every year) when I'm in Japan, I have to buy charms.

There are so many purposes that they are made for. The most famous ones are those for luck and especially when it's time for the universaty exams those charms that are made for passing an exam.

I normally buy one for luck, one for victory, one against evil... and some more they look awesome or if I like the color.

I wanted to buy some yesterday, but I was just too late, so today was my chance.
I've been at the Buddhist Zōjō-ji temple again and here you see some of the charms, they offered:

And that was just a small selection - there are many many other ones, almost for every useful purpose in life - company success, traffic safety, wisdom, health... and many more.

I didn't have any more plans for this day, so I just went back via Akiba and explored some "new" shops, where I haven't been before - just follow me

Hipster Bowser is also on board - these outfits for Nintendo's Main Cast (Mario Bros. Crew) are part of an campagne for the New 3DS, especially the face plates that you can change, providing your New Nintendo 3DS with a special individual "outfit" / look.

Some Monster Hunter stuff, in this case a golden Seregios - a Prize Game trophy

Akiba at dusk

ONE PIECE showcase / display at SoftMap

That was a very successful day - I have my charms - and had a closer look at some shops in Akiba

See you again until next time.

Rain in Sunshine City

It was a rainy day, a very rainy day, I expected 30+ °C and sun, but got rain and ~23°C.

Cold and WET WET WET are some good descriptions for this day. I had to buy an umbrella, otherwise I would have gone crazy.

I had planned Ikebukuro and 3 Book Offs (the Book Offs were canceled, but the one in Sunshine City)

My treasures at Book Off were Monster Hunter DOS, Seiken Densetsu 4 and Pokémon sapphire - less than 1.000 Yen for all the goods, I also discovered this, but the price was way to high.

Then I went to the newe Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo after searching a bit, it's than it was in Hamamatsuch, just enjoy the pictures

The cashiers had numbers and Pokémon - pleae pay at Torchic..

This entry is over now, see you tomorrow in Nakano, espeially Nakano broadway.